Travels with Our Aunt

‘What a lot of traveling you have done in your day, Aunt Augusta’. ‘I haven’t reached nightfall yet’. In the 1969 book ‘Travels With My Aunt‘ the main character is a rather lacklustre retired Bank Manager Henry Pulling, whose main occupation is tending to his dahlias. At his mother’s funeral his Aunt Augusta sweeps in […]

Red in the Face…

I don’t live on a high horse like some of my sisters, however I’m happy to make the climb to my high horse when required. I do like things to be a little bit real so when I saw a Red Rooster ad recently I raised one eyebrow until it hurt. The ad shows a […]

Pink Perspective

After a long drive to Sydney from home, I felt super sluggish and knew I had to get the body moving. Exercise is a real motivator for me and I knew how much better I would feel after a brisk walk. I set off in the lovely late Autumn afternoon sunshine and was getting up […]

Jill and the Pudding Doll

Do you remember honorary Aunty Jill, her dimples and stories? She is as engaging as a dinner party host who can’t remember your name and doesn’t want you to know… mind you Jill doesn’t forget much! I last met Jill on the train to the big smoke… “Oh darling, you’ll never guess where I’ve been!”, […]

What would you do if…

… the driver of the car in front of you had a seizure? Having been a First Aider for about 10 years, I’ve never had to use it. Until yesterday. My hubby Stephen, also a first aider (who weirdly, and for no real reason, had just been reading the First Aid booklet in the glove box), and I […]

The Competitive Nature of Us

There is a competitive/compulsive side to our family. Sometimes obvious, extravert almost, and other times just an inner challenge that no one knows or would even care to know.  Here are some starters … Yesterday, on an early morning walk, I saw another walker in front of megoing at a good pace.  The challenge was […]

Keep Warm Dahlings

I have recently purchased an item, that, in the past, I had completely turned my nose up at. I had dismissed it as an item of total daggy-ness, rather than the item of luxury and/or necessity it truly deserves to be called….. Oh how wrong can a woman be? Well, enter the: Dressing Gown… Yes, […]

Bubble bubble toil & trouble

Persimmon chutney making…                                               It’s such an aunty thing to do in winter isn’t it? Well adventure for the taste buds is still an adventure girls… Making chutney, which I’d never done before! For those of you who do not know what a persimmon is, and hey, that was me until I googled persimmon, the only […]

Organic Schmorganic

We constantly hear about the benefits of organic foods in our diet, ‘organic’ in skincare is still a bit ‘new’ and sometimes I wonder if a lot of the ‘spin’ is lining the pockets of marketers. So I did some research and here are a few tips you may find handy when tiptoeing through the […]

Tanking…

Beautiful course, hilly terrain, ocean views – the only thing required now is to get ‘into the zone’ and play well.  Sounds easy doesn’t it?  yes easy to say, easy to think, but one of the hardest things to achieve. I am one of those golfers that love to look the part! Clothes, gloves, bag, club covers, clubs, […]